St James’s

St James' Church is a large English Gothic Catholic church in George Street, Marylebone, London. Although currently situated in George Street, the church maintains its connection with Spanish Place, the road opposite the current church, because of its historic connection with the Spanish Embassy.

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Type: Church
Denomination: Catholic
Description: Roman Catholic church in London
Also known as: “Roman Catholic Church Of St James (Spanish Place)”, “Roman Catholic Church of St. James”, “St James, Spanish Place”, “St James’s Church, Spanish Place”, “St James’s, Spanish Place”, and “St. James’s, Spanish Place”
Address: 22 George Street, London, W1U 3QE

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Leicester Square and Wallace Collection.

Leicester Square

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The area around Leicester Square, often called the West End, is the entertainment heart of London. The area also includes Chinatown, Piccadilly Circus and Trafalgar Square.

Wallace Collection

Art gallery

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The Wallace Collection is a museum in London occupying Hertford House in Manchester Square, the former townhouse of the Seymour family, Marquesses of Hertford.

Madame Tussauds

Museum

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Madame Tussauds is a wax museum founded in London in 1835 by the French wax sculptor Marie Tussaud. One of the early main attractions was the Chamber of Horrors, which appeared in advertising in 1843. Madame Tussauds is situated 1,800 feet north of St James’s.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Marylebone and Mayfair-Marylebone.

Marylebone

Suburb

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Marylebone is an area in London, England, and is located in the City of Westminster. It is in Central London and part of the West End. Oxford Street forms its southern boundary.

Mayfair-Marylebone

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Mayfair and Marylebone are districts of central London. Together they cover a large area of western central London, encompassing the whole of Mayfair and Piccadilly to the south and the area from Oxford Street through Marylebone to Regent's Park and the border with St John's Wood to the north.

Fitzrovia

Suburb

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Fitzrovia is a district of central London, England, near the West End. Its eastern part is in the London Borough of Camden, and the western in the City of Westminster.

St James’s

Categories: Catholic church building, building, place of worship, and religion
Location: Westminster, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.51819° or 51° 31′ 6″ north

Longitude

-0.15256° or 0° 9′ 9″ west

Open location code

9C3XGR9W+7X

OpenStreetMap ID

way 160404637

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

OpenStreetMap feature

building=church

OpenStreetMap attribute

denomination=catholic

Wikidata ID

Q15979527

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Spanish—“St James’s” goes by many names.

Chinese: “圣雅各伯堂”
Chinese: “聖詹姆士教堂”
Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه سانت جيمس”
French: “église St James”
French: “Église St James”
Maithili: “सेन्ट जेम्स चर्च, स्पेनिश प्लेस”
Spanish: “iglesia de Santiago el Mayor”
Spanish: “Iglesia de Santiago el Mayor”

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Places to explore: Rectory and George Street Dental.

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